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Apache|əˈpætʃiː|
Also 9 Appache.
[Mexican Sp. (see quot. 1907).]
1. A people of Athapascan Indians in New Mexico and Arizona; a member of this people; also their language. Also attrib.
1745H. Moll's Atlas Minor Plate 46 (D.A.E.), Apaches. 1797Encycl. Brit. I. 552/1 Many of those nations, as the Apaches, the Hiaquese,..are at least as tall as the tallest Europeans. 1834A. Pike Prose Sk. 126 He..overtook four Apaches. Ibid. 138 A filthy, ragged fellow with..Apache moccasins. 1907F. W. Hodge Amer. Indians I. 63 Apache (probably from ápachu, ‘enemy’, the Zuni name for the Navaho, who were designated ‘Apaches de Nabaju’ by the early Spaniards in New Mexico)... They were first mentioned as Apaches by Oñate in 1598. 1921E. Sapir Lang. iv. 71 Such languages as Navaho, Apache, Hupa, [etc.].
2. (əˈpæʃ, ‖ apaʃ) Also apache. [Fr., f. prec.] A ruffian of a type infesting Paris; also gen. a man of ruffianly behaviour.
1902Westm. Gaz. 22 Oct 8/1 The leader of the band of roughs in Paris known as the ‘Apaches’. 1909Times 9 Feb. 4/4 Those apaches with which Brussels is haunted. 1920Times Lit. Suppl. 10 June 363/2 Something a little more Bacchic than the calculated extravagances of the drawing-room apache would occasionally relieve the atmosphere. 1933‘G. Orwell’ Down & Out iii. 20 He wore side whiskers, which are the mark either of an apache or an intellectual.
b. attrib.; apache dance, a violent dance in which the partners are dressed as apaches; so apache dancer.
1914G. W. Young From Trenches i. 12 The apache element..was soon brought into order. 1918H. G. Wells Joan & Peter xi. 443 Huntley wanted to teach Joan an Apache dance. 1922Joyce Ulysses 469 In workman's corduroy overalls..and apache cap. 1928Punch 30 May 602 Friend (referring to ‘Apache’ hat). I like that one, dear. You see, it's noticeable without being really fierce. 1945H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. I. 186 During the [1914–18] war or soon afterward apache-dancers began to appear in the United States. 1962J. D. Salinger Franny & Zooey 57 It isn't enough to treat her with the doting brutality of an apache dancer towards his partner. |